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GATE ATTACHMENT FOR RAILWAY CARS.

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Patented Feb. 18, 1894.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Orrrcn.

HENRY TESSEYMAN, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE BARNEY & SMITH OARCOMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

GATE ATTACHMENT FOR RAILWAY-CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 514,519, dated February13, 1894.

Application filed September 21, 1893. Serial No. 486,342. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY TESSEYMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Gate Attachments, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an improvement in gate attachments which is moreparticularly adapted to railroad car platform gates and doors.

Its object is to provide a simple and efficient means for holding thegate or door securely closed, which can be easily and quickly operatedin opening the same, and which shall be durable in use and comparativelyinexpensive of production.

With these objects in view the invention consists broadly of a jointedarm one end of which is pivotally mounted to the car body and the otherend to the gate or door.

The invention further consists in the various novel details ofconstruction, hereinafter fully described in the specification,illustrated in the drawings and more particularly pointed out in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts,I have shown my improvement applied todoors forming the vestibule end of an ordinary railroad car, but it isto be understood that the invention is also applicable to the variouskinds of open work gates employed to inclose the platforms and formpassage-ways between cars, and the same may be carried into effect inother ways without in the least departing from the spirit thereof, andin these drawings-- Figure 1 is a perspective view of one end of arailroad car having vestibule doors one of which is shown open and theother closed, the latter having my improved attachment applied thereto.Fig. 2 represents a portion of Fig. 1 enlarged and broken away to moreclearly show the details of construction. Fig. 3 is a broken end viewtaken on a line through the center of the platform showing the positionof the attachment when the door is open,

and Fig. 4 is a plan view taken on the line A. B. of Fig. 3 representingthe door as closed.

A represents one end of an ordinary passenger car, B. the platform andO. D. doors forming a vestibule or passage way between cars.

E is an arm in two sections jointed at a, and hinged at b, c, to pivotsd, e, which pivots are adapted to rotate in sockets F. G., secured tothe body of the car by means of flanges H, I, and to the door by similarflanges J, K, the said pivots being retained in the sockets by nuts f.hen the door is open the position of arm E will be as shown in Fig. 3and in the act of closing pivots d, e, will rotate in sockets F, Gr. sothat when the door is fully closed arm E. will assume the position moreclearly shown in Fig. 2, the joint a being restrained from a furtherdownward movement by means of shoulders g, g, thus the door is heldsecure in a closed position until released by raising said arm at thejoint a., which operation in the present instance is accomplished bymeans of a rod L. mounted in a bearing M. having flanges N. O. by whichit is attached to the car body, this rod extends through the door postP. into the vestibule or passage way, and is provided at one end with anarm Q adapted to engage the under side of arm E. and at the opposite endof said rod a handle R. is attached whose normal position is shown inFigs. 1 and 3, and which when raised to the position shown in Figs. 2and 4, will bya further upward movement raise arm E. and thus open thedoor. It is obvious however that rod L. and its accessories may bedispensed with when the gate or door is of such construction as topermit the arm E. to be readily reached from the passage way, in whichcase it can be raised by the hand without the aid of auxiliary means.Having thus fully described my invention, I claim-- 1. A gate attachmentconsisting of a jointed arm, the ends of which are hinged and pivotallymounted, one to a car body or other sup port, and the other to a gate ordoor substantially as described.

2. A gate attachment consisting of a jointed arm having shoulders whichcontrol its movetoo ment, and whose ends are hinged and pivotallymounted, one to a car body or other support and the other to a gate ordoor forming a passage-Way or vestibule, whereby said arm whilepermitting the ready opening and closing of said gate or door willretain same in a closed position substantially as described.

3. A gate attachment consisting of a jointed arm, the ends of which arehinged and pivot- 10 ally mounted, one to a car body or other support,and the other to a gate or dodr, in combination with auxiliary means foroperating the same from Within the passage-way or vestibule formed bysaid gate or door substantially as described.

HENRY TESSEYMAN.

YVitnesses:

C. U. RAYMOND, CHAS. V. HUNSAKER.

